Wheelchair man 'over the limit'

[4me2]

Wheelchair man 'over the limit'




Police in the northern Australian city of Cairns have charged a man with drink-driving - in a motorised wheelchair.
Patrol officers found the man stopped and fast asleep in his wheelchair in the exit lane of a major highway at 1000 (0000 GMT) on Friday.
He had a blood alcohol level of 0.31 - six times over the legal alcohol limit.
When police woke him up, the man told them he had been on his way to visit friends.
A local police inspector said that man's actions were a recipe for disaster.
"It's unlawful, it is unacceptable and people should realise it could lead to a fatality," Bob Walters told the Cairns Post newspaper. Horses, bicycles, in-line skates and skateboards were also considered vehicles under drink-driving laws, he added. The man is due to appear in court on 7 July.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7469019.stm

[burner1]

"It's unlawful, it is unacceptable and people should realise it could lead to a fatality," Bob Walters told the Cairns Post newspaper. Horses, bicycles, in-line skates and skateboards were also considered vehicles under drink-driving laws, he added

Now that's something we should do here... too many cunts thinking the rules of the road don't apply to them so take other peoples lives for being selfish.

[spiderbites]

I thought they did do it over here, a friend of mine got done for speeding on his push bike not so long ago, along the same sought of lines....

[super mike]

How'd they do him for speeding on a bike? Give him points on his cycle proficiency?